JAMDA
Volume 10, Issue 9 , Pages 639-643 , November 2009

A Comparison of the Nursing Home Evacuation Experience Between Hurricanes Katrina (2005) and Gustav (2008)

  • Gary Blanchard, MD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Geriatrics, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI
    • Department of Medicine & Community Health, Brown University, Providence, RI
    • ,
  • David Dosa, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Division of Geriatrics, Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI
    • Department of Medicine & Community Health, Brown University, Providence, RI
    • Providence VA Medical Center, Providence, RI
    • Center for Gerontology and Health Care Research, Brown University
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to David Dosa, MD, MPH, Division of Geriatrics, Rhode Island Hospital, 593 Eddy Street, APC 424, Providence, RI 02903.

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 This study was funded by National Institutes of Health grant R01-AG030619.

PII: S1525-8610(09)00247-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2009.06.010

JAMDA
Volume 10, Issue 9 , Pages 639-643 , November 2009

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